Tampa Bay Chamber

🚨LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER! EMERGING LEADERS ANNUAL MEETING IS TOMORROW! Join us for an inspiring evening honoring young professionals and the future of Tampa Bay leadership. We'll highlight organizational achievements, present the 2024 Deanne Dewey Roberts Award, introduce the 2025 Emerge Leadership Team, and unite our community as we transition into 2025. Register Today: https://lnkd.in/eYpAxbR4

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Last week at our 139th Annual Meeting, we announced the members of our Minority Business Accelerator 2026 Cohort. These Black and Hispanic owned businesses will launch their 2-year journey in the program starting in January and represent a variety of business sectors, including the restaurant industry, finance, commercial real estate, architecture and engineering. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gHhTXmSx

⭐ATTN: NEW MEMBERS⭐ 📅Join us for Member Orientation on January 21st! Member Orientation is your first step to getting the most out of your Chamber membership! Chamber staff will take you through a broad overview of the benefits of Chamber membership. Highlights include events, programs, committee opportunities, leadership and advancement and, of course, our many networking options. Come ready to network with other new members and learn about all the opportunities the Tampa Bay Chamber offers our members. ✅Register Now: https://lnkd.in/ezUFzuTz

🔜 There is still time to register! We hope to see you THIS THURSDAY! Join us for an inspiring evening honoring young professionals and the future of Tampa Bay leadership. We'll highlight organizational achievements, present the 2024 Deanne Dewey Roberts Award, introduce the 2025 Emerge Leadership Team, and unite our community as we transition into 2025. Register Today: https://lnkd.in/eYpAxbR4

The Tampa Bay Chamber held its 139th Annual Meeting December 6, 2024, at the Tampa Convention Center, hosting its traditional "passing of the gavel" between the Chamber's Board of Directors, 2024 Chair Brian Adcock and 2025 Chair Edwin Narain, Esq. before a sold-out crowd of more than 700 Chamber Members and community guests, leaders celebrated the achievements and shared success stories from 2024 and cast the vision for 2025. Following tradition, the Chamber also announced the 2024 H.L. Culbreath Award Winner Ronald Christaldi of Shumaker Advisors Florida. Continue Reading: https://lnkd.in/ehZ4zNeA

🚨Today is the FINAL DAY TO APPLY🚨 🔜DUE AT 11:59PM Applications are open for the 2026 Collegiate Leadership class! Modeled after the Tampa Bay Chamber’s Leadership Tampa program, Collegiate Leadership is an academic-year long program that prepares student leaders to have a positive impact on their future communities while they explore careers in the nonprofit, private, public, and philanthropic sectors. Students will embark on monthly Program Days where they receive behind-the-scenes access to iconic Tampa staples and meet the leaders that help these organizations run. 🔹Now through December 9, we are accepting applications from undergraduate students from Saint Leo University, University of South Florida, and University of Tampa for the 2026 cohort. 🔹To apply, students need to submit the digital application along with a letter of recommendation, and their resume. 🔹To access or SHARE the application, visit TampaBayChamber.com/CLTB

We are incredibly grateful for the Glazer Family Foundation and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for their support and generosity to the small business community in the Tampa Bay Region, particularly in light of this year’s hurricane season devistation. This fund will go a long way in helping our business community recover and grow stronger!

What a spectacular time we had at the 139th Annual Meeting celebrating all of this year’s accomplishments and much more! Stay tuned for more highlights from the meeting in the coming days!

We are excited to welcome all registered attendees to our 139th Annual Meeting! Registration begins at 11am!!!